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UNITED STATES# PATENT i OEErcE- GEORGE E., HOEEEER, OE SAN ERNOIsOO, OALIEORNIA.

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`SPEFIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 282,193, dated 4J'uly 31, 1883.

Application inea March 20,1883. (No model.)

To a/Z whom it may concern: i

Beit known that lI, GEORGE F. HOEEEER,

p ofthe city and county of San Francisco, and

State of California, have invented a new and useful FruitJ ar, (which has not been patented to myself or to others with my consent or knowledge in any foreign country;) and I do hereby declare the following to be aclear, full,

I and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. i

Like figures and letters refer to like parts wherever they occur. I

My invention relates to an improvement in fruit-jars, embodying a device for closing the same in a quick and secure manner, and its I object is to obtain such a constructionand combination of the jar, the lid, bail-wire, lever, and the perforated piece of sheet-rubber that the edge ofthe rim of the lid may embed itself in the rubber which restsupon the flange of the jar, so as to hermetically close the same; to which end it consists in the combination of a jar having an outer flange or ring'near its mouth with a flat lid having upon its upper x surface two centrally cross-cut or slotted projections extending parallel on either side of a line passing through the center of said lid,

v andon its under surface a rim running to an 30 ,ing at the end of its outward-bent arms in wardly and upwardly bent 4hooks with horizontal ends turned in opposite directions to each other and conforming to the shape of the body of the jar, that catch upon the under side 3 of the iiange and press against the body of the jar. I. I i Myinvention is applicable to square and other irregularly shaped aswell as to round j ars.

In the drawings, Figure l indicates the up j per surface of the lid or cover Y, made of glass or other suitable substance, having two projections, a a, extending parallel on either side of aline passing through the center of said lid, and which projections have cross-cuts or slots b b on aline horizontally perpendicular to said projections andpassing through the center aforesaid. Fig. 2 indicates a central vertical section of thelid Y, showing one of the slotted or cross-cut projections a a, as also a section of the rim projecting from the under surface of the lid and running to an edge, d d. Fig. 3 indicates a central vertical section of the jar -X, made of glass or other suitable substance,

having a flange, e e, encircling the jar near its' mouth. Fig. 4 indicatesthe bail-wire L, made of wire or other suitable material, having its upper portion, c c, straight, and at the end of its outward-bent arms g g inwardly and upwardly bent hooks ff, with horizontal ends h h turned in opposite directions to each other, conforming to the shape of the body of the jar, whether curved or flat-sided. Vhen .it isv proposed to apply the bail-wire to a square or flat-sided instead of to a round jar, the

ends h h are not curved, but left straight. Fig. i 5 indicates the one-armed lever XV, made of malleable iron 'or other suitable metal, the perforations on near the circumferenceof the circle being at such a distance from the arm It of said leverthatwhen said arm is forged down and rests upon the lid the pivot of the bail-wire is on the center, and when the arm is p forced upward said pivot is thrown off the center. Fig. 6 indicates the annular gasket S, made of rubber or other elastic substance. Fig. 7 indicates a central vertical section of the jar X, lid Y, bail-wire L, lever W', and rubber gasket S, showing all the parts as they appear together in position when the jar is closed. Fig. 8 indicates a jar, X, lid Y, and rubber gasket S, rectangular in shape, and the bailwire L, with straight ends h h, and lever WV, as they appear together in position when the jar is unlocked.

If the lid and jar are made of glass, boththe lid with its cross-cut projections and its downward-projecting rim, and the jar with its ilange-are molded, each in one piece, by molds made for the purpose. The bail-Iwire may be inserted into the eye or perforation m of the lever before it is bent intoshape; or the perforation m of the lever 'may be made large enough to permit the leverto be slipped upon the bail-wire after the same is bent into shape.

To close the jar, place the gasket upon the upper surface of the flange `of the jar, and, hav- IOD L2 y v282,193

. hanging down perpendicularly, place the lid upon the jar and force down the arm of the lever upon the lid.

To open the jar, release the lever by forcing its arm upward; then remove the lid with the bail-wire and lever.

rlhe advantages-of'iny invention are, first, that the jar is quickly closed and opened; second, that by embedding the edge of the rim of the lid into the rubber gasket the jar becomes hermetically scaled, third, that if the mouth of the jar is equal in diameter to the body of the jar no difficulty is experienced in filling or emptying the jar, nor is the fruit broken or bruised either in putting the same into or in taking it out ofthe j ar; fourth, the j ar is not liable to be accidentally'opened in transportation.

Having described my invention, wh at I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. The lid or cover Y, composed of a flat piece of glass, having upon its upper' surface two centrally cross-cut or slotted projections, a a, extending parallel on either side of a line passing through the center of said lid, and

on its-under surface a rim running to an edge, d d, and all constructed of one piece, substantially as shown, and for the purpose setforth.

2. The combination of the lid or cover Y, having parallel projections a a, with central crossfcuts or slots, b b, on its upper surface, and a rim running to an edge, d d, on its under surface, and constructed of one piece, with the jar X, having an outer sloping flange, e e, the rubber gasket S, the bail-wire L, with straight top c c, outwardly-bent arms g g, having inwardly and upwardly bent hooksff, with horizontal ends h h turned in opposite directions to each other, and the one-armed perforated circular lever XV, substantially as and for the purpose stated.

}}ORGE F. HOEFFER.

Vitnesses: i

W. H. SMYTH, AUGsr. FAHRBA cH. 

